NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kea-keama-debuginfo package, versions <0:3.0.1-1.el10_1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-KEAKEAMADEBUGINFO-13893474
  • published12 Nov 2025
  • disclosed27 Aug 2025

Introduced: 27 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-40779  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 kea-keama-debuginfo to version 0:3.0.1-1.el10_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:21006.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kea-keama-debuginfo package and not the kea-keama-debuginfo package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

If a DHCPv4 client sends a request with some specific options, and Kea fails to find an appropriate subnet for the client, the kea-dhcp4 process will abort with an assertion failure. This happens only if the client request is unicast directly to Kea; broadcast messages do not cause the problem. This issue affects Kea versions 2.7.1 through 2.7.9, 3.0.0, and 3.1.0.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1